Support gdURL

As the popularity of gdURL grows, it is becoming increasingly difficult for our server
to keep up with demand. Your support would be greatly appreciated and will help prevent
this service from having to shut down!

In addition to a direct link to any file and the ability to display any image on a web page
(in an <IMG> tag), you are also provided special codes that you can use to embed supported
file types (such as .PDF and even .ZIP) in a fancy file viewer on any web page.

The simplest way to create permalinks is to browse your Google Drive files and folders by
connecting to your account above. The old-fashioned method is to copy the URL from Google
Drive and pasting it. To do that, follow these four simple steps to access a file's public URL
in your Google Drive folders:

Right-click on the desired file.
In the pop-up menu hover over Share... and click Share... in the sub-menu.

The Sharing settings form appears.
Click Change... in the Who has access section.

The Visibility options form appears.
Select the Public on the web option and click the Save button.

You are returned to the Sharing settings form.
Copy the Link to share URL to your clipboard and paste it here at gdURL.com. That's it!

Sorry, not any longer. They used to be permitted because it was assumed that Google
would not allow its users to submit viruses to the Drive service, however some malicious
users have proven that to be an incorrect assumption. Thus, executable applications are
no longer accepted by gdURL.com.

If your image is very large in size (the exact minimum is unclear), Google cannot scan it
for viruses, and when you open the file via a web browser, Drive will display a page with
a warning message instead of the actual image itself.

In short, this means you can't directly load an image stored at Google Drive if it's
too large. :-(

I know ads are annoying, but servers are expensive, so it's just an attempt to
get some help paying the bills from the loyal gdURL users who appreciate the
service. (In all honesty, the ads you see here haven't even generated enough
revenue to earn a single payout from Google.) You could also help by donating.

The only real problem with sharing links at Google Drive files in general
(whether via gdURL or directly from Drive) is that Google limits the
amount of traffic to your files. Once too much bandwidth or too many views
have occurred for a file, Google will stop allowing people to load it temporarily.

Google Drive
provides online storage for all your data. Google allows you
to share your files via email by providing a special link, but to properly embed your file
on a website or in an IMG tag, you need a direct and permanent link to your
file. That's where gdURL.com comes to the rescue!